Black Experience Project in the GTA: Phase 2 Research launches with a party

Black Experience Project in the GTA: Phase 2 Research launches with a party

The Institute's major research initiative with the GTA Black community officially launched the research phase with a public event on March 24, 2014 at the Central YMCA in Toronto.

Close to 200 people - including partners, project volunteers and community trailblazers - gathered to celebrate, network, groove to cool jazz by Brooke Blackburn, enjoy African/Caribbean cuisine, and learn more about this groundbreaking community research initiative.

The research will consist of in-depth interviews with 1,000 to 2,000 individuals across the GTA who self-identify as Black. The fieldwork is scheduled to begin this summer and be completed by the end of 2014. The study results and conclusions will be released in mid-2015.